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Novel sunflower products and methods for their production
Assignee: A C HUMKO CORP
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Filing: 1985-08-26
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Granted: 1988-05-10
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Expires: 2005-08-26
Abstract
Abstract A sunflower seed is disclosed which has both a high oleic acid content and a low linoleic acid content. Also disclosed is a sunflower seed which has a white or gray seed coat and which contains approximately 80% or greater by weight of oleic acid. Also described are novel sunflowers for producing the disclosed seed and an oil product derived from the seed.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhardt N. Fick
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 20:04
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01H; A01H1/00; A01H1/10; A01H1/101; A01H1/104; A01H5/00; A01H5/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S47/00; Y10S47/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
A sunflower oil containing, relative to the total fatty acid content of said oil, approximately 80% or greater of oleic acid, said oil having a ratio of linoleic acid content to oleic acid content of less than about 0.09.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
A sunflower oil containing, relative to the total fatty acid content of said oil, approximately 80% or greater of oleic acid, said oil having a ratio of linoleic acid content to oleic acid content of less than about 0.09.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 1, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 and about 0.09.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 1, wherein said oleic acid content is between about 80% and about 94%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 2, wherein said oleic acid content is about 87-88%. oleic acid
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 2, wherein said oleic acid content is about 92%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 2, wherein said oleic acid content is about 94%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A sunflower oil produced by a process comprising the step of extracting oil from a substantially homogeneous assemblage of sunflower seeds, said sunflower oil having an AOM value between about 60 and about 100 hours.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A sunflower oil produced by a process comprising the step of extracting oil from a substantially homogeneous assemblage of sunflower seeds, said sunflower oil having an AOM value between about 60 and about 100 hours.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 7, wherein said assemblage of seeds has a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seeds to the amount of oleic acid in said seeds of less than about 0.09.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 8, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 and about 0.09.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 7, wherein said oil has an oleic acid content of about 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said oil.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 10, wherein said oil has an oleic acid content of about 87-88%.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 10, wherein said oil has an oleic acid content of bout 92%.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sunflower oil according to claim 10, wherein said oil has an oleic acid content of about 94%.
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